Chapter 543 - Is What He Saw in His Dream Real? (1/2)

Old Madam didn’t expect that Rui’an Great Elder Princess would suddenly do that. After getting a shock, she flew into a rage. Rui’an Great Elder Princess really thought that she could disregard everything. In any case, Old Madam was a first-class imperial mandated Madam of Duke Xing’s Mansion.

“Your Highness, what do you mean by doing that?” With her face darkening, she said, pounded the table, and stood up.

“Come and seize this evil Taoist priest! The officials of the Ministry of Justice happen to be here. Take her to them for interrogation!” Great Elder Princess ignored Old Madam and said harshly.

Two guards came over to seize Taoist Priest Xiushui and were about to drag him down. Taoist Priest Xiushui panicked and loudly cried for help from Old Madam. No one expected that Great Elder Princess would be so domineering that she acted so directly and rudely.

Old Madam trembled in rage, reached out to point at the guards, and said, “Stop them. I’m wondering who gets the nerve to seize such a decent Taoist priest today. Great Elder Princess, you are quite domineering!”

A few inferior female servants of Duke Xing’s Mansion hurried to block the two guards’ way at the door. Dragging the Taoist priest to the door and seeing that their way had been completely blocked, they did not dare to take him away and looked back at Great Elder Princess.

“Old Madam, do you think so highly of such an evil Taoist priest who has won a following with strange doctrines? Can you guarantee that she is innocent?” Great Elder Princess sneered, squinted at Old Madam, and said scornfully.

Old Madam was so angry that she could barely speak. She reached out her trembling finger to point at Taoist Priest Xiushui and said, “Your Highness, does the Empress Dowager know that you are so insolent?”

“At least I have a reason for being insolent. Old Madam, even if you don’t want to make it known by the Empress Dowager, I’m not going to hide it from her. You trust an evil Taoist priest and even intend to forfeit your own granddaughter’s future and push her into an abyss of suffering for an evil Taoist priest. As a grandma, you are not only partial but also implausibly vicious. Come on, come on. Let’s enter the imperial palace now and ask the Empress Dowager to make a judgment!”

Great Elder Princess said in a rage with her eyes about to burst into flames. Thinking of the evil Taoist priest’s true identity that Qing’er told her, she really wanted to slap the old woman of Duke Xing’s Mansion hard until the old woman sobered up.

Apart from ruining her granddaughter’s future, she could think of no other intention of this old woman, who entrusted her granddaughter to the evil Taoist nun, who was actually a man!

Thinking of this, she grabbed Old Madam’s collar in anger and walked outside.

Great Elder Princess, who had practiced martial arts for a period of time when she was young, was much stronger than ordinary weak ladies. How could Old Madam be a match for her? Pulled by her, Old Madam even failed to stand still and staggered out.

She almost passed out with her face turning red in anger, and had to clench her teeth and struggled to say, “Okay… okay, let’s go and ask the Empress Dowager to make a judgment now!”

Seeing Rui’an Great Elder Princess come over, the female servants at the door did not dare to block the door and hurriedly stepped back. Their master Old Madam was suppressed by Rui’an Great Elder Princess and seemed to be at a disadvantage. As servants, if they refused to step aside, they might lose their lives in the end.

Rui’an Great Elder Princess got out ahead of them while instructing the guards, “Send this evil Taoist priest to the Ministry of Justice and tell them to interrogate her carefully, especially to find out her background, and report it to me after finding it out!”

“Yes!” The two guards responded and dragged Taoist Priest Xiushui out.

They made such a scene here that it had alarmed the officials of the Ministry of Justice. Because of the unusual identities of Rui’an Great Elder Princess and Old Madam of Duke Xing’s Mansion, Wen Xichi had been waiting outside for a long while. Seeing two guards drag a Taoist priest over, he winked at the subordinates around him. Two of them immediately went over and took over the Taoist priest.

One of the guards took two steps forward and whispered in the ear of the official who took over the Taoist priest from the Ministry of Justice. The official from the Ministry of Justice immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at the Taoist Priest Xiushui, who fell on the ground and looked in a mess, in astonishment.

The Taoist priest in front of them was actually a man! If it was true, it was really serious!

Numerous people knew about Taoist Priest Xiushui, who usually got in and out of the backyards of aristocratic and rich families as an extremely famous Taoist nun. If he was actually a man, there might be some ladies, whose reputation was ruined by him, and things got serious.

The official of the Ministry of Justice didn’t dare to hide it and hurriedly whispered in Wen Xichi’s ear. Wen Xichi looked at the Taoist priest’s face.

From his appearance, one could not tell that he was a man. He looked like a slender lady who was quite good-looking. He was properly dressed with his neck wrapped in his robe, so it was hard to tell if he had a protruding Adam’s apple. At this moment, he was in a mess, while his pitiful look made him more like a lady.

“Take him back and check his body!” Wen Xichi said coldly.

Since the guard of Great Elder Princess said so, it must be true. They could identify his gender by checking his body. The Ministry of Justice had brought some ladies with them this time because they came to the Yuhui Nunnery, where the nuns and almost all pilgrims were female. These ladies happened to be able to check the Taoist priest’s body now.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice got the order and took Taoist priest Xiushui away. He intended to ask Old Madam for help, but Wen Xichi impatiently instructed someone to gag him.

Meanwhile, Rui’an Great Elder Princess and Old Madam had walked out angrily. Rui’an Great Elder Princess had let go of Old Madam’s collar. After all, they were both respectable ladies. Rui’an Great Elder Princess did that upon her sheer anger. At this moment, in front of so many people, it was inappropriate for her to do that.

The two of them got in their respective carriages and led their entourage to go down the mountain angrily, going to enter the imperial palace to ask the Empress Dowager to make a judgment.